UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                               FORM 10-K/A  No.1
                 ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                  For the fiscal year ended December 28, 1997
                         Commission File Number 1-10333

                            CENTRAL NEWSPAPERS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              Indiana                                 35-0220660
   (State or other jurisdiction        (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) 
  of incorporation or organization)
                                                   
              200 E. Van Buren Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004
           (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

    Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (602) 444-8000

        Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
                                                                               
                                                      Name of each
           Title of each class                exchange on which registered  
           -------------------                ----------------------------
Class A Common Stock, without par value          New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was 
required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing 
requirements for the past 90 days. 
Yes  X  No  
    ---    ---
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the 
best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements 
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. (X)

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates on 
February 27, 1998, based on the closing price for the Company's Class A Common 
Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on such date and assuming the conversion
of all outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common
Stock at a ratio of one-tenth (.10) of a share of Class A Common Stock for each
share of Class B Common Stock:  approximately $1,030,000,000.  For purposes of 
the foregoing calculation only, required by Form 10-K, the Registrant has 
included as shares owned by affiliates, the shares of Class A Common Stock and
Class B Common Stock beneficially owned by officers and directors of the
Registrant and by holders of 10% or more of either class.  Such inclusion shall 
not be construed as an admission that any such person is an affiliate for any 
other purpose.

Shares outstanding at March 31, 1998:

                   Class A Common Stock -- 22,114,290 shares
                   Class B Common Stock -- 31,345,500 shares
   
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This Form 10-K/A No. 1 for Central Newspapers, Inc. (the "Company") is being 
filed pursuant to Regulation S-K Item 601(c)(2)(iii) to amend the Financial Data
Schedules for the three fiscal years and the interim periods for the two fiscal 
years ended December 27, 1997 due to the Company's adoption of Statement of 
Financial Accounting Standards No. 128 "Earnings Per Share." The Company adopted
this new standard in the fourth quarter of 1997 and has restated EPS for all 
prior periods. Accordingly, Exhibit 27 to the Form 10-K of the Company is being
replaced by Exhibits 27.1, 27.2 and 27.3 included in this Form 10-K/A No.1.

                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

EX-27.1   Restated Financial Data Schedule as of and for the year ended December
          31, 1995.

EX-27.2   Restated Financial Data Schedule as of and for the periods ended March
          31, 1996, June 30, 1996, September 29, 1996 and December 29, 1996.

EX-27.3   Restated Financial Data Schedule as of and for the periods ended March
          30, 1997, June 29, 1997, September 28, 1997 and December 28, 1997.

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                                  SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this amended report
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



April 30, 1998                          CENTRAL NEWSPAPERS, INC.
                    
                    

                                        By:/s/ Louis A. Weil, III
                                           ----------------------
                                           Louis A. Weil, III
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer



                                        By:/s/ Thomas K. MacGillivray
                                           --------------------------
                                           Vice President and Chief 
                                           Financial Officer